Anchorite vs Laura - What's the difference?

anchorite | laura |


As nouns the difference between anchorite and laura

is that anchorite is one who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons while laura is (historical|roman catholic church) a number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior.

anchorite

English

(hermit)

Alternative forms

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Noun

(en noun)
  • One who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons.
  • * , chapter=16
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The preposterous altruism too!
  • * 1950 , (Will Durant), The Age of Faith , Simon and Schuster, page 792.
    • About 1150 some Palestinian anchorites adopted the eremitical rule of St. Basil, and spread throughout Palestine; when the Moslems captured the Holy Land these "Carmelites" migrated to Cyprus, Sicily, France, and England.

    Related terms

    *anchoress (feminine gender)

    Synonyms

    *eremite *hermit *recluse

    References

    * page in Portuguese Wikipedia * A definition in Spanish

    Anagrams

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    laura

    English

    (wikipedia Laura)

    Alternative forms

    * Lora (rare)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
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  • * ~1591 William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet : Act II, Scene IV:
    • Now is he for the numbers that Petrarch flowed in; Laura to his lady was but a kitchen-wench; marry, she had a better love to be-rime her;
  • * 1960 Peter S. Beagle: A Fine And Private Place . Random House Publishing, 1982:The Fantasy Worlds of Peter Beagle. ISBN 0345300815 page 258:
    • Laura was saying something. A mellifluous name, he thought. I wish she were far away, so I could call her.

    Usage notes

    * Also used as a feminine equivalent of Laurence.

    Related terms

    * Laurel, Lauren, Laurie, Loretta, Lori, Lorraine, Lauretta

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